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Issue 60 Summary

By Editor

Issue 60, Term 1 2007

the life of a student in 2010 Carol Daunt, LearnTel Pty Ltd If only ... Heather Fisher, New England Girls' School, NSW Canadian research into school libraries and student achievement Excerpt from School Libraries and Student Achievement in Ontario report Internetting corner Nigel Pa

ELR: big win for Aussie authors

By Amanda Shay

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

Have you ever thought about how lucky Australian school children are to have to access Australian-made content in their school libraries? One copy of an Australian-made book may have been purchased for your school library and can now be borrowed hundreds of times. Yet, the author was only paid

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

Fred D'lgnazio in The Computing Teacher, March 1994, p. 37-40, wrote about multi-media in schools, focussing on the role of the school library. "School libraries and media centers are changing from warehouses to launch pads. And the count down has already started." (p. 37) "Educators who are in

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong, Toni Jordan

Issue 95, Term 4 2015

ELR's cornerstone Australian school libraries are the cornerstone of the Educational Lending Rights (ELR), and in the coming weeks 600 schools will receive invitations, either by mail or email, requesting their participation in this year's survey. School library staff play a critical part in the

Issue 32 Summary

By Editor

Issue 32, Term 1 2000

Using SCIS Subiect Headings Book with students: a school's view David Morris, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, TAS Handy hints CC news School Libraries and the Knowledge Economy of the 21st Century Kerry Tanner, Department of Information Management, RMIT University Cache: n., 1 :

In This Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 2, Term 2 1992

In this issue of Connections we continue to explore the technological themes raised in the first issue. Articles include on-line services for school libraries and an exploration of an innovative use of networked CD-ROMs by Andrew Perry at Vermont Primary School. Other articles include: all you ever

In This Issue

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

In this first edition of Connect, we address issues relating to the implementation of CD-ROM technology in school libraries, based on the practical experience of a teacher-librarian. In future issues other technologies, such as on-line searching and bulletin boards, will be discussed in terms of

What's New

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

f library automation: the National Survey results, Crucial factors in online enquiry, MARC for Teacher-librarians and Providing access to fiction in school libraries. For many T /Ls the issue of library automation is still on the agenda. Some will be searching for a replacement system with per

Educational Lending Right School Library Survey

By Keith Gove

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

LR scheme is to make payments to Australian creators and publishers on the basis that income is lost from the availability of their books for loan in school libraries. The scheme complements the existing Public Lending Right (PLR) and supports the enrichment of Australian culture by encouraging the

SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

s, and publishers. If you are invited to participate this year, please take the opportunity to support book creators. International Association for School Libraries Rachel Elliott (Director, Metadata and Library Services at ESA) and I were fortunate enough to attend the International Association

SLANZA! School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

By Penny Moore PhD

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

otearoa. As Christopher Blake, chief executive of the National Library of New Zealand, said in his speech, the idea is not new, but 'It's high time school libraries were represented by a unified national body'. Jill Stotler, president of the Auckland School Library Association and first presiden

What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?

By Ashley Freeman

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

eracy, and promoting a love and appreciation of I iterature. Because of the constantly expanding use of information and communication technologies in school libraries, many Teacher Librarians have also gained technical and educational responsibilities in this field within their school. Additionally

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

In reflecting on the past 12 months, I want to acknowledge the power of school libraries and the important role they play as arguably the heart of the school. School libraries have been evolving over recent decades from traditional knowledge centres that house print collections and archives and w

ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian Award 2021

By Kerry Pope

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

Caroline Hartley, the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) manager. SCIS is the proud sponsor of this prestigious award. Anne’s passion for school libraries and teacher librarians has been a driving force in her career and she has devoted many hours to this cause. She has more than 30 year

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 123, Term 4 2022

l library plays an essential role in supporting the broader school community and promoting better educational outcomes for students. ‘The goal of all school libraries is to develop information literate students who are responsible and ethical participants in society.’ (IFLA School Library Guideline,

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong, Will Kostakis

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

to participate in the 2014-15 school library survey. The survey collects data to estimate how many copies of particular titles are held in Australian school libraries. This data is used to determine appropriate payments for book creators. Selected schools have been mailed an ELR invitation package

The Listserv for Australian Teacher Librarians

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

of Internet resources; information literacy issues, programs and strategies; reference questions for teachers and students; products and services for school libraries; general discussion of Teacher Librarianship issues; training tips and use of information technologies; and workshop and conference a

Issue 87 Summary

By Meelee Soorkia

Issue 87, Term 4 2013

a Makin, St Michael's Primary School, VIC Helping Australian book creators Meelee Soorkia, Education Services Australia Gold Coast study links school libraries and teacher librarians to literacy Dr Hilary Hughes, QUT. Educating the educators: a disaster resilience education project Heath

Issue 69 Summary

By Editor

Issue 69, Term 2 2009

evised subject headings ergo : an online framework for critical literacy in secondary education Linda Angeloni, State Library of Victoria School libraries: making a difference Kerry Neary Educational Lending Right Chris Kilfoyle, Leopold Primary School, VIC What’s new at The Le@r

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, Morris Gleitzman

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

Every year, SCIS works closely with the Department of Communications and the Arts to conduct a survey of book holdings in Australian school libraries. This is the ELR School Library Survey , and it is integral to the growth of the Australian writing and publishing industry. The survey produces e